Joan Konner Quotations

That's the least they could do. This is the most egregious kind of error that a news organization can make: unreliable sources for a story damaging to all concerned parties. It severely tarnishes CNN, which has a very good record, and Time magazine as well.

That's the least they could do, ... This is the most egregious kind of error that a news organization can make: unreliable sources for a story damaging to all concerned parties. It severely tarnishes CNN, which has a very good record, and Time magazine as well.

I don't like blurring lines between news and editorial. If Cooper and the others are working out their search for meaning in life on the air, that is not the role of a journalist.

Love is transcending the ego to connect with another,

This life isn't bad for a first draft.

Journalism has always existed in two different realities . . . the economic marketplace and [the] special institution to serve the public interest. The traditional balance between those two has become destabilized. Economic reality has taken over.

Procrastination always gives you something to look forward to.

Think of ideas as a beat. To change a mind is to change the world.

And journalism itself has changed. News organizations and some journalists have transformed from their traditional role as watchdogs of power into institutions of power themselves with an ability, indeed, a susceptibility, to abuse that power.

Consider children as a beat. Clearly not an institution of power, children don't vote and they don't pass taxes. They have no money, and they don't buy newspapers or watch the news on television. Consequently, children are one of the most neglected segments of society in the news, except as a subtopic of other power beats such as education, family, and crime. Children are in serious trouble in this society, which means the foundation of our society is in trouble, which means the future is in trouble, and that is news.

The reason there are so many opinions is that no one knows the Truth.